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No. 237,790. Patented Feb. 15,1881.

lNVENTOR mzw v W ATTQRNEY N PETERS, PNOTO-LITHDGRAF UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. WATSON, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OWEN GATHRIGHT, JR, OF SAME PLACE.

LADYS-SADDLE TREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,790, dated February 15, 1881.

Application filed December 16, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. WATSON, of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Ladys- Saddle Trees;

and I do hereby declare that. the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective View of my improved saddle. Figs. 2 and 3 are side views thereof, and Fig.

- 4 is a sectional detail.

The nature of the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown and described. I

In the annexed drawings, A designates a ladys-saddle tree, to which is secured a (preferably) metallic rim or back-support, B. This is removably secured to the front of the tree upon the right-hand side of the same, and is extended completely around the cantle a,'be-

ing secured at suitable intervals to the edge of the tree. Being detachable from the tree, the covering of the latter and of the rim or support is cheaply and readily applied.

0 indicates shallow rims tacked or screwed 0 to the sides of the saddle-tree, and extending from the horns thereof along the edges of the (ModeL) tree, as near the center of the cantle a as may be desired. These rims greatly increase the strength of the joint between the cantle and bars, and they project out from the bars to 3 5 protect the edge of the skirt or jockey, and make a neat finish, the inside of the rims to be filled with any suitable material to preserve the shape of the seat.

D indicates, preferably, a metallic covering 40 extending around the small horn b of the saddle, and forming therewith a recess, because of the projecting of the said rim beyond the born. The outside covering is drawn over the rim and tacked to the horn, and the outside or 5 front is cut to fit inside the rim and placed over the same, thus saving the expense of seaming the outside and inside pieces covering the horn.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A ladys-saddle tree provided with the detachable metallic rim or spring back-support, B, extending around the edge of the tree, and adapted to support the dress and back of the rider, substantially as specified.

In testimony that 1 claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. WATSON.

Witnesses:

J No. A. STRATTON,

GEORGE A. RUHL. 

